Daniel Penny, the Long Island native and Marine vet acquitted for the manslaughter of a homeless man on a New York City subway train last year, has landed a job at a $45 billion venture capital firm.

Penny, 26, was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter after his 2023 murder of Jordan Neely, 30, whom he forced him to the ground and held around the neck until Neely died on a subway ride.

A US Marine veteran who was acquitted in the chokehold death of a homeless man on the New York subway -- a high-profile case highlighting the divisive issue of race

Marc Andreessen backed the Republican ticket in the presidential election, and Vice President JD Vance cheered the news of the hire.

Penny will work as a deal partner on A16z's so-called American Dynamism investments, "founders and companies that support the national interest."

Penny was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in the choking death of Jordan Neely Daniel Penny, the man who was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide after fatally choking Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car,